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t t 1, We :.àet;,~d íâdditidy1Zal rt:asearch and toaGhi1ng t' .,~i,:Y`w?I:cth on Uàe pormsvra+nnt staff on the graduate levolo particularly in the social sciences. We feel the two Foundations mentioned will be helping us in shorter terni projects in the hutuani.tAes and social :;,tudiem ar,d , as you knows we already have a govrr..:mexxt. commitment that will help us considerably in the sciences as sloon as our, r:fyw bui.ldim, ia ready Our experience in rm►srearch in the Soc:ä_ai. Rcanwirti:h Conter, the confidence that the U, A.,R. han in uS ^ P.O well as the practical, working research connections that we have long since eztabli~;~.hed mean that we will make very good use of eTory dollar invested in the staff ïndicateit., 2,, As you know, the first gra.nt in s''iceriaY.tc,m;paayt 39unda" (still in the hands of the B u dgot Bureau) mat avid, $45000 for salar 7 in- }} rYases on x three year basis to +ÂNricMW staff Th io Sdditdo64;b pequest would bring the total to $75.000 g ov,, $25,000 per year:: Since we have some twenty Americans on thc staff, thie anmAuakr naâ3unt in little enough. It iihov.id be pointed out that while the'fae iaŸ,cr~ eu a1-e destined for the American me..mbera of the staff i thQ Univez% ,~i ty itself he able to increase non-cmerican salaries with r.aonoy th:..At, would be released if the above grant were made,- 30 The suggested book purchasta in tb.e English-American litera-ture and other aubject-matter fields ~.zc t ebvi Quxilv an effo.x t rapid-ly to build our library holdings at those atmt sgic points ° As a re-Quit of the aggression of throe y earm agc, 4 the library of the Erit i sh Council was first aequ,esste.r34 and then w as a;:o ved to Ein r. hfimí~v Univovsity .u Our own Univerai.ty had pwevi.ously made. so much US3 ‘)f the British Council library that we ?ailed to âcezp ap our holdiuga muffic:tentlyo Now our library is quite inadequate to our needz in this area. As our AL.k program in English-American f,.:°_terak;ure de y lopo, and a an MA program in Caarpa4 at.k 7o Litoratur.e ( Engl isa-Ameri (.SoA .. A%-abic° ) take form, it is obvious; that oar- xaeped for cpecia1 purehaet ka very gr.eat indeed. Our librarian a&fizug.era ma L.ha.t wc : ~k.y1d :,;y,,1orad this apeciai appropriation most effc,atively ,.; 4, The ten sâÂholiii ship1Ly, each ZoY~,~ fq.it:r yeaPG ( R..4r31L`Cd..~ YSge kF.il upon the appo.inteest ability to maintain 4,756aolarship-lcval .zIr:ric ) in thee total amount of $1540, will help ao ;;raiat ly in ew-eagUiGating our student body at its most impo rt a nt p~oi:ntr,e aAsd y ouy knwI,~rme 80% our students are Arab. Ikwc~~r; ~~x~e:our UŸiv 3AyWiWp mÿ:sa charge fees to help defray current conta, it i e foz oons and daughters of the poorer families to onraall. n Th Az graat• , ~~~arA ch is approximately a coverage for all eLi.w.oct educational costs, will help us offset this ebui.l.t- in" weaknemm . T hose ten will su.ppl,ar,P.ent the forty imil.ar scho$arah3.ps that are already ccimnitte:d in olaz' first: grant: from the government ha t,4Dtal of ftfty hall) ua eelect the very finest products of the Are.: sap.cndp,r ai.Dhoola , and t hua improve the quality of our Unl.rre~ ~al ty